data and evaluation workgroup 9/10/2015 | 8:30-10:30am| chinook 115

Data and Evaluation Workgroup9/10/2015 | 8:30-10:30am| Chinook 115

Meeting Overview

HUD Family Options Study

One Night Count Preview

Data tool demo

2016 Contract Targets – Finalize Targets and Approach

Updates and Close

HUD Family Options Study

Discuss:

What do we learn from the Family Options Study and what does it mean for our work on the Data and Evaluation Committee?

HUD Family Options Study: Overview

Multi-site, randomized control trial designed to study impact of housing and services interventions for families

2282 families in 12 communities Families were in shelter at enrollment Enrollments in calendar year 2011+

Randomly assigned to one of four interventions Housing Choice voucher, transitional housing, rapid

re-housing, usual care (shelter) Families tracked for three years

Data collection at baseline, 18 months after enrollment, 36 months after enrollment

HUD Family Options Study: Interim Report Released in March 2013 Described baseline characteristics of families Uptake of interventions

100% of families assigned to usual care enroll (they already are enrolled)

64%+ of families assigned to receive a permanent subsidy enroll

46% of families assigned to RRH enroll 29% of families assigned to transitional housing

enroll Uptake varies due to eligibility and family

choice

HUD Family Options Study: 18 month f/u

Released in July 2015 Reports results 18 months after enrollment Key findings:

Families who receive permanent subsidies do best in multiple areas

Rapid rehousing performed as well or better than shelter and transitional housing and was the least expensive

There is no evidence that families facing greater difficulties (psychosocial or housing barriers) benefit more (or less) from one housing intervention over another

Housing subsidies appear to be the most important factor in family outcomes.

HUD Family Options Study: Discussion

How can we use the results of the Family Options Study locally?

How can the Data and Evaluation committee continue to share and apply research?


Preview:

What changes are being discussed for the One Night Count?

Inform:

What does the Data and Evaluation Committee need to know to approve?


D&E responsible to review Point-In-Time data

Full review in October Proposing small changes this year

ALIGN: One Night Count and Count Us In CONTEXTUALIZE: Provide additional

information that tells a fuller story of homelessness in King County

MAKE ACTIONABLE: Use point-in-time count as an opportunity to connect people

One Night Count Preview: Align

Elements to align Unsheltered count number Sheltered count number Demographics of people experiencing

homelessness


Align One Night Count and Count Us In:


Align One Night Count and Count Us In: Timing: Count Us In surveys move to Friday Survey language: minor changes in language

at item level to create core questions for both Everyone Counts and Count Us In Additional Count Us In questions stay as they are

Survey distribution sites: Everyone Counts sites have Count Us In addendum available

Potential additional activities: UWKC resource center for YYAs

One Night Count Preview: Contextualize

How can we tell a fuller story? Units of shelter and housing Clients served People housed What else?


What additional information do you need to understand the changes being proposed?

Anything we need to revisit from last year’s discussion? Clarity on all parts of Count, methodology, and

HUD standards? Other items of note?

Data Tool Demo and Activity

Understand and give input:

How can our new tool to be used to its fullest advantage?

Data Tool Demo: What is it? Project around data access with Gates

Foundation, Building Changes, and Pierce and Snohomish Counties

Process for providing complete and easy access to Safe Harbors HMIS and coordinated entry data

Combined data set across multiple years of HMIS 2011 through present Updated monthly

Set of customizable, interactive dashboards in Tableau

Will integrate coordinated entry data

Data Tool Demo: What Can We Do?

Visualize all of our HMIS data Update it regularly Provide end users options to interact with

the data by filtering themselves Storyboard out a narrative that talks

people through points we want to highlight

Data Tool Demo: Small Group Discussion

Groups of Three 3 Questions – 10 minutes

What information should be available community-wide?

What interactivity/filtering is useful for end-users?

How can we best share contextual information? Analysis notes, methodological details

Informal report out

2016 Contract Targets – Finalize Targets

Finalize:

Hear feedback from population groups and finalize contract targets

Understand:

Next steps for implementation approach

2016 Contract Targets – Feedback Overall: No recommendations for adjustments

to targets themselves

2016 Contract Targets – Feedback Single Adult Advisory Group

Use of HMIS data, both quality and coverage Interest in exploring weighting targets in the

future Disproportionate impacts on programs serving

most vulnerable clients Programs could be penalized & measures could create

disincentive to serve the most vulnerable

2016 Contract Targets – Feedback Family Advisory Group

Little feedback on the numeric value of the targets themselves.

How can we incorporate information from and about coordinated entry into our systems performance goals?

2016 Contract Targets – Feedback Youth and Young Adult Advisory Group

Little feedback on targets or methodology Want more information on how we can make

performance improvements real in our system Question about new programs

Next Steps for Implementation Approach Items from last month

Use data to make strategic investments Invest money where we have the highest return

according to HEARTH numbers Using the data to find the most cost efficient method to

getting people housed Programs telling funders what works and what need

money More client services

More day center and case management services Have more housing dedicated to people experiencing

homelessness Support for agencies/programs

Peer learning groups for programs to share success

Next Steps for Implementation Approach Items from last month

Use data to make strategic investments More client services Support for agencies/programs

Changes? Bring to Funders Group and Coordinating

Board along with data

Updates

Updates

SWAP HMIS vendor Other announcements

Next Meeting

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